Brewer, The First to Bring a Microelectronic Grade Carbon Nanotube Coating to Market

Published on July 18, 2007 at 1:57 PM

Brewer Science, a trusted provider of leading-edge materials and processes to the
semiconductor industry, announces the commercial availability of the first microelectronicsgrade
carbon nanotube (CNT) coating. A breakthrough in the refinement of the carbon
nanotube material enables the removal of metallic and carbonaceous contaminants. The
solution is easily applied by spinning, spraying, micro-dispensing, or ink-jet printing.

Jim Lamb, Brewer Science’s Director of Corporate Business Development, states, “This
breakthrough carbon nanotube coating opens up a new realm of possible avenues of
emerging technology. We will see the viability of carbon nanotubes being used to form not
only nonvolatile memory but also thermal conductive coatings, touch screen displays,
chemical/biological sensors, and carbon-based electronics. These carbon nanotube
networks are easily patterned by traditional photolithography processes to allow placement
and use of the electrical and mechanical properties of the nanotubes within a device.”

Brewer Science, Inc., under a technology license from Nantero, Inc., is the exclusive
manufacturer & supplier of microelectronics-grade CNT coating for NRAM™ field of uses.
Said Greg Schmergel, co-founder and CEO of Nantero, “We are excited to have
successfully completed our joint work with Brewer Science so that this revolutionary new
product could become available. We wanted to work with Brewer Science because the
companies that will license NRAM™ know and trust Brewer Science as a highly innovative
materials supplier, which they have proven once again with this announcement.” CNT
solution will be commercially available starting from August 1st 07 for a wide range of
emerging applications.